Lee Chi Ching ( zh, c=李志清, p=Lǐ Zhìqīng; born 1963) is a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
manhua
() are Chinese-language comics produced in Greater China. Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China throughout its history.
They are usually graphic and can be written for a myriad of genres, including romance, fanta ...
illustrator with the
pen name
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"清兒". Lee began drawing comics and graphic novels in 1981. In 1992, he won an award for his watercolors at the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial and had his work housed at the
Hong Kong Museum of Art. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in
Japan
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. His speciality is in historical
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
, usually based on pre-existing classic novels, including the works of ''
wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity ha ...
'' writer
Louis Cha. His major works include ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' and ''Water Margin''.
His works are usually published by CultureCom Comics, a Hong Kong publishing house.
His work ''
Sun Zi's Tactics'' won the first
International Manga Award
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is an annual award established to encourage non-Japanese Mangaka, manga artists in 2007. This award was created by Ministe ...
that Japanese Government sponsored in 2007.
Manga works
*''
Records of the Three Kingdoms
The ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' is a Chinese official history written by Chen Shou in the late 3rd century CE, covering the end of the Han dynasty (220 CE) and the subsequent Three Kingdoms period (220–280 CE). It is regard ...
'' (三國志) - based on ''
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' () is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 184 AD and ...
''
*''Justice Bao'' (包青天)
*''Nameless Hero'' (無名英雄)
*''Strange Book'' (怪異集)
*''
Sun Zi's Tactics'' (孫子攻略/孫子兵法)
*''Lie Shen'' (烈神)
*''The Eagle God'' (驚神)
*''Ghost Legend'' (鬼異傳奇)
*''Outlaws of the Marsh'' - based on ''
Water Margin''
*''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (射雕英雄傳) - based on
''The Eagle-Shooting Heroes''
*''The Smiling, Proud Wanderer'' (笑傲江湖) - based on the
novel of the same name
External links
CultureCom Comics
1963 births
Living people
Hong Kong comics artists
Hong Kong comics writers
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